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Film transparency of the Las Vegas Day train ride, Las Vegas, circa 1980

Date

1980

Description

Elbert Edwards and his family at the Las Vegas Day train ride in Las Vegas, Nevada. The women are standing behind a sign providing historical information about the city Calville, which has since been covered by the waters of Lake Mead.

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Construction continues on the Sphere Las Vegas, looking west in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2020-02-12

Description

Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo is part of a series documenting the construction of the Madison Square Garden (MSG) Sphere at the Venetian Resort, also know as Sphere Las Vegas.

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Pedestrian and automobile traffic on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-02-28

Description

Providing security and access to both automobile and pedestrian traffic is handled differently along Las Vegas Boulevard and has changed over the years on the Strip. Although pedestrian overpasses provide a safe way to cross the Strip, the many entrances and exits from casinos have created the need for crosswalks that delay traffic along the tourist corridor. Getting people to use the overpasses has required installation of fencing in some areas, like this one outside of the Cromwell Las Vegas hotel and casino at Flamingo Raod.

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Photograph of Las Vegas Review-Journal Page, Las Vegas (Nev.), January 23, 1941

Date

1941-01-23

Description

Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal page: "Vegas Air School Assured" headline, January 23, 1941.

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Monte Carlo Club Las Vegas, Nevada Records

Identifier

MS-00160

Abstract

The Monte Carlo Club Las Vegas, Nevada Records (1944-1957) are comprised of records of the Monte Carlo Club located at 15 Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada. Materials include founding documents, corporate records, and letterhead.

Archival Collection

Photograph of fields of Las Vegas Ranch and Las Vegas Valley to the northeast, circa 1905

Date

1905 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Description

Looking northeast from the bench over the Old Mormon Fort across the Las Vegas Valley.

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Workers build on the Sphere Las Vegas, looking south in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2020-02-12

Description

Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo is part of a series documenting the construction of the Madison Square Garden (MSG) Sphere at the Venetian Resort, also know as Sphere Las Vegas.

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Workers build on the Sphere Las Vegas, looking west in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2020-02-12

Description

Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo is part of a series documenting the construction of the Madison Square Garden (MSG) Sphere at the Venetian Resort, also know as Sphere Las Vegas.

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Workers build on the Sphere Las Vegas, looking west in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2020-02-12

Description

Photographed as part of the UNLV Special Collections and Archives' Building Las Vegas collecting initiative started in 2016. This photo is part of a series documenting the construction of the Madison Square Garden (MSG) Sphere at the Venetian Resort, also know as Sphere Las Vegas.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Will Wittwer (Las Vegas), September 8, 1939

Date

1939-09-08

Archival Collection

Description

Letter informing Wittwer that he was responsible for laying pipe to direct the new water from the new well.

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